KYÔTO KAOMISE 1718
   
Play title Meoto Matsu Jufuku no Kodane  In Japanese
Theater Miyako Handayû's theater
Producer Miyako Handayû
Playwright Sadoshima Saburôzaemon

The kaomise drama "Meoto Matsu Jufuku no Kodane" was produced in the 11th lunar month of 1718 [1] in Ôsaka at Miyako Handayû's theater by Miyako Handayû himself (he was both nadai and zamoto). The opening day was the 28th day of the 11th lunar month of the 3rd year of the Kyôhô era, which was the 18th of January 1719 in the western calendar. This kaomise program was staged with the following casting:

Code Actors Roles
1 Tamekawa Kohyôe Kunitama's okugata
2 Izumikawa Jûgorô Yoshimi Ukyô
3 Bandô Hikosaburô I Murase Mikinojô
4 Miyazaki Giheita Kunihei, in reality Murase Hachirôzaemon [2]
5 Yoshioka Saburôsuke Kakunojô
6 Yamashita Kamenojô I Princess Take [3]
7 Mihogi Gizaemon I Takehara Hyôbu Saemon
8 Tamagawa Genzaburô Dekinoshin
9 Yamamoto Kamon Otomi
10 Kaneko Kichizaemon Yada Wadaemon [4]
11 Otowa Jirosaburô I Sakuma Gorojirô
12 Kiyosaki Handayû Gorojirô's wife Katsu
13 Hyakuninshu Genzaburô Tada Monjûrô

Others actors who took part in this kaomise program were:

Roles Actors
tachiyaku Kiriyama Sôshichi
Fujita Kuhachirô
Kaneko Monjûrô
dôkegata Fukuyama Matagorô
oyajigata Shiozaki Yozaemon
kashagata Fujishima Chôzaemon
wakaonnagata Nakamura Tsunehachi
Hanagaki Matsunosuke
Onoe Komurasaki I
wakashugata Hayakawa Kokatsu
Miyazaki Momotarô
Kikukawa Kyônosuke
Yoshizawa Takegorô

[1] "I worked on this kaomise page in December 2018, almost 300 years afterwards!" (Shôriya Aragorô)

[2] Murase Hachirôzaemon or Murase Hachirozaemon.

[3] Take-hime. Literally Princess Bamboo.

[4] Yada Wadaemon or Yata Wadaemon or Hatta Wadaemon. 3 possible readings. We prefer Yada Wadaemon.

 
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